BUNSCOIL FUN!

CHARLIE FLAVIN PLAYS A BLINDER!

Twelve months ago I became a member of Youghal
Golf Club. We have two
tournaments every week
during the summer; one on
Tuesday and one on Thursday. Liam Burns is in
charge of the Junior Tournaments. On the 3rd of
July gone, the Junior Munster Masters came to
Youghal Golf Club. The
weather on the day was
very sunny and there was
very little wind. At the end
of my fifteen holes I hit
seventy shots and came
second. On the second last
week of the summer holidays the final day of the
Irish Junior Masters was
in Fernhill Golf Club which
is just outside Carrigaline.

My caddy was my dad. The

weather on the day was
very bad; there was a lot
of rain and wind. There
was also some thunder towards the end of my
round. The participants
were from all across Ireland and anyone in the
eleven and under category
had to have an adult caddy.
On the way up to the first
tee box I was very nervous
but as soon as I hit my
first couple of shots I
calmed down a bit. It also
improved my game to have
my dad going around with
me giving me advice and
help. We played fifteen
holes again, the same as
the Munster Masters.
With the weather I didnt

play as well as the previous

tournament and I hit seventy two shots. When we
came in from our round we
got a chance to dry off
and get something to eat
in the bar. We had to wait
about thirty minutes for
the results to be announced and it was then I
found out that I came
first in my category. Overall I think the day was
great and it was an exciting experience. Im looking
forward to next year already.

school donates a lot of food

to Simon. All the food that
we give goes to the homeless in Cork. Its very good
that we can help others by
doing such little things. The
people that have a home are
very lucky and should always
think about the people that

22 DECEMBER 2016
CHECK THESE OUT!
Simon Food Appeal
Christmas Panto!
Road Safety Talk
Princess Izzy!
Choir Turn on Lights!
Scla Retreat in Cork
A Few Jokes!

By Charlie
Flavin ( Ms.
Conways
Sixth Class)

SIMON FOOD APPEAL

Cork Simon is an organisation that was set up to help
the less well off in society,
especially the homeless. The
Simon Food Appeal is run by
Simon to get people to donate food that wont go out
of date for a while. Each
year around Christmas, our

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dont have a home and spend

their Christmas alone in the
streets, with no food to eat.
So please donate food to
the Simon Food Appeal and
make someones Christmas
happy. By Zuzanna.D and

Eimear.OR (Mr. Whites

Fifth Class)

INSIDE THIS
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Parents Association

Solta Beaga go to
see Santa!

Sixth Class Retreat

Basketball with Ste- 4

ve!
Choir Turn on Lights 4
Christmas Panto Fun 6
for Everyone!
School Closures

A FEW WORDS FROM MR. ONEILL

Dear Parents/Guardians and

everyone involved with Bunscoil
Mhuire,
Though it has turned warmer
and wetter the dark evenings
tell us that Christmas is around
the corner. The crisp, clear
weather in November made
that usually drab and dreary
month fly! The junior end of
the school is on its way up to
the Christmas Panto in Cork as
I write these few words. It is
the turn of the senior end tomorrow. Oh, yes it is!!!
The Senior Infants will be performing the Nativity Play very
soon and everyone here is really
looking forward to it. It really
is a lovely way to start the
count down to the big day. We
have Confessions on Friday and
a sincere thank you to all the
boys and girls who behaved so
well when we attended the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
and The Parish Church last
Thursday, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Well done to the choir who
sang beautifully at the switch-

ing on of the Christmas Lights

here in Youghal. Many thanks to
Ms. Mulcahy and all the teachers, that were involved with the
choir. They will also be singing
in Tesco next Tuesday, 20th of
December.
The Christmas cards the children designed have been delivered and they look very nice.
Many thanks to the Parents
Association for organising this
fundraiser and for all their help
this year. Many thanks to the
Board of Management also and
especially for the iPads which
are on their way to the school
right now.
We had a number of great assemblies in the school since
September and we are looking
forward to the sixth class assembly next Wednesday.
Congratulations to all the excellent sportspeople we have in
the school and who have participated in many sports such as
golf, snooker, soccer, football,
hurling, camige, athletics, to
name a few. They have also won
many medals and trophies since

September.
Many thanks to Halina, Tim and
Tom for all the work they do
around the school and to Carmel who keeps everything ticking over from the office.
A big thank you to all the
teachers and the SNAs who
work so tirelessly to help the
boys and girls in the school.
Best wishes to Ms. Kearney, as
she gets ready to go on her
Maternity leave, this Christmas. We hope she has a safe
and a healthy pregnancy.
Please remember to be safe
and to be seen this Christmas
break. Wear high visibility
jackets when you are outside
and make sure you have lights
on your bicycles, as the evenings are very dark.
On behalf of all of the staff
here at Bunscoil Mhuire I would
like to wish everyone a safe and
a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year for 2017!
See you all again, please God on
Monday, 9th January!
Le gach dea-ghu,
Eoghan Rua Nill, Promhoide.

PARENTS ASSOCIATON NEWS

The Parents Association really enjoyed being part of

this years Witches walk
with lots of scary costumes
which really added to the
great occasion. The Parents
Association are busy at the
moment preparing for a very
special visitor to the school

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on the 20thDecember. A big

thank you to all the kids for
their fabulous hard work
making their own Christmas
cards and to the parents for
the huge support on this initiative. It has been a great
success and enjoyed by all
involved. Our cake sale this

year will be held on Friday

the 17th February 2017 and
we are looking forward to
another great morning in the
school. We would like to
wish all the parents and
staff of the Bunscoil a very
peaceful Christmas and prosperous New Year.

BUNSCOIL FUN!

SIOLTA BEAGA HAVE A MAGICAL DAY!

On Thursday, 8th December

loved watching her fly up in-

the barrel train and tried

we had a wonderful adven-

to the air. It snowed while

out the play area too before

ture! We travelled by bus to

we were visiting her winter

returning to school. We had

Leahy's Open Farm where we

wonderland and we had a

a magical day at Leahy's. By

were greeted by a very hap-

great time throwing snow-

Mikey, Maeve, Luke, Dion

py elf called Hoppy. Hoppy

balls at the adults. Santa

& Pierce

introduced us to her friend

was very gentle and really

(Ms.

Douglas, a talking Christmas

enjoyed looking at our lovely

Conways

tree. Baking cookies with

Christmas jumpers. We also

Solta

Mrs. Claus was lots of fun

got to visit the live crib

Beaga)

too. There was a beautiful

where we saw a real camel!

angel at the farm and we

We made time for a ride on

OUR RETREAT TO BLACKROCK

On the 16th of November

Sixth Class went on a Confirmation Retreat in Blackrock. We
set off at ten minutes to nine.
When we arrived we met two
nice men. Their names were Pa
and Severin. They helped us to
have a lot of fun. After a couple of games we were all split

up into groups. While we were

in our groups we talked about
what makes us special. Then we
went and had our lunch. When
we returned after lunch we did
some drawing and we talked
about our Confirmation names.
Some time later we held a prayer service. After one last game

we waved goodbye to Pa and

Severin.

By Emma Delaney
& Kate McCarthy
(Mrs. Hurneys
Sixth Class)

DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS?

Mr. Whites Fifth class made a

There was One Direction, which

sees it. Thank you to Mr. White

video about giving the African

was a bunch of boys from our

for letting us to do this video.

people who are starving food

class. Everybody got a job and

We hope everyone enjoys the

for Christmas. As you know

successfully enjoyed it. We

video.

many people are dying from

used headphones, a music stand

starvation. This is why we made

and drums. Some girls got to do

this video. We got different

boy parts. We are going to put

people for different jobs.

it on Facebook after the school

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By Shinta
Joseph and

Chloe Foley
(Mr. Whites

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HAVING A LAUGH OVER CHRISTMAS!

Q: What do you call an old

snowman?
A: Water!
Q: What do you sing at a
snowmans birthday party?
A: Freeze a jolly good fellow!!
Q: What goes ho ho
whoosh, ho ho whoosh?

A: Santa caught in a revolving door!

Q: What goes oh, oh, oh?

A: Santa walking backwards!!

Christmas?

Q: Why does Santa have

three gardens?

A: Because its in Decemberrrrrrr!!

A: So he can ho ho ho!!

Q: What Christmas carol is

a favourite of parents?

Q: When does Christmas

come before Thanksgiving?

A: Silent Night!!

A: In the dictionary!
Q: What do you have in December thats not in any other month?
A: The letter D!!
Q: Why is it always cold at

OUR SCHOOL CHOIR GET CHRISTMAS STARTED!

On the 26th of November the Bunscoil
Mhuire choir sang at the turning on of the
Christmas lights. Ms. Mulcahy was the
conductor of the choir. She taught us all
Christmas songs like Rudolf the Red Nose
Reindeer, Santa Claus is coming to Town,
Silent Night, Rocking around the Christmas tree and much, much more. We were
practicing for about three weeks. The
choir were ready to sing on Saturday. We
all got to wear Christmas hats. The choir
met in the Market Square. There was a
big crowd and there was Santas Cottage,

face painting and Cry FM were also there.

The musicians were great. There were
four guitarists Ms. Hannon, Ms. Nagle,
Breda and Trish and Pat played the piano
for us. We sang for about a half an hour.
When we were singing some people sang
along with us. When they turned on the
lights they counted down from twenty. It
was very exciting. When the lights turned
on it was magical. The lights were beautiful. The colours of the lights were blue
and white and they went all through the
town. Now if its dark you will always see

the lights on. Sometimes the lights make

the town look prettier when theyre on.
People are starting to put up their decorations and now it really feels like Christmas.

By: Aisling O
Sullivan & Amy
O Brien (Ms.
Hannons Fourth
Class)

BASKETBALL TRAINING WITH STEVE!

We started basketball training a
few weeks ago. Our coachs name is
Steve. He is very good at basketball. He taught us loads of skills
like, bouncing the ball and getting
around the defender. It has been
really fun training with Steve. We
played matches where we couldnt
dribble the ball. Steve was not there
one day so we had a trainer called
Doug. Doug gave us the opportunity

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to try some shooting. We think that

everyone really enjoyed playing basketball with Steve and Doug. We
saw everybody playing really well.
We all want to say a huge thank you
to Steve and Doug for teaching us
basketball. We loved it!

By Steven Gardiner and Alex

Meehan (Ms. Hannons Fourth
Class)

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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES!

In England a wish is made while
mixing the Christmas pudding.
It is said that the wish will only
come true if the ingredients
are stirred in a clockwise direction!
In Serbia children tie their
mothers feet to a chair, shouting
Mothers
Day, Mothers Day,
what will
you pay to
get away?

She then gives them presents.

ed with fruit and nuts!

On Christmas Eve all the

brooms in the house are hidden
because long ago it was believed that witches came out
and would steal brooms for riding in the sky!

In Greenland they have rotten

auk for Christmas dinner; it
smells like old blue cheese and
tastes very pungent.

In Venezuela in the capital Caracas, streets are blocked off

on Christmas Eve in order for
people to rollerblade to Church!
In Italy they have no Christmas
trees; instead they have small
wooden pyramids called
ceppos and they are decorat-

ROAD SAFETY TALK BY OLIWIA MAZUREK

A man named Cathal from the
Road Safety Authority visited
all the classes in the school. He
talked about how to be safe on
or near the road. He showed us
a presentation on the white
board. He showed us pictures
and videos. He showed us a video and asked us how many times

the white team passes the ball

to each other. The answer was
twelve. Then he asked us had
we seen the moon walking bear?
Nobody saw the bear in the
video because we were distracted by the passes. I
learned that you should wear
high vis gear at night and day. I

also learned that it is very important that the children from

Bunscoil use the zebra crossing
to cross the
road.

By Mrs.
Leamys
Third Class

SENIOR INFANTS ARE FANTASTIC IN PRICKLY HAY

I Really enjoyed the play
because I loved the singing
and practicing at home with
my Mom. I loved putting on
my costume too, said Joshua Cronin. My favourite song
was Hands in the air. I loved
doing the actions for the
songs, said Kyle Kenny Nor-

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ris. I loved our nativity. I

played Sam and I really loved
every minute of it. I love being on stage, said Cormac
Foley. I liked the singing
and my favourite was the
Christmas song at the end,
said Nicole Healy. I loved
doing our play. My favourite

part was when baby Jesus

was born, said abha
Twomey.

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SIXTH CLASS ATTEND A MUSIC FESTIVAL

The music festival took place in St.
Marys Collegiate Church in Youghal. All of our amazing Sixth Class

ments. The next day it was more

of a concert they played loads of
music. After all the music we went

and, guess what we got. We got

HOMEWORK OFFFFFFF!!!!!! We
were so happy so instead of going

students from Bunscoil Mhuire

went to the workshop. It took
place over two days. We walked
over; it took about twenty minutes

into the main part of the Church

and we all got a mugs of hot chocolate!!! It was so good. After that
we went outside and we sat down

home to do homework after school

we got to sit down and relax, play
games and what not. The day was
great. We all had a great time. It

to get there. So first we sat down.

Then the women told us all about
them and their instruments. There
was a recorder, cello and a harpsi-

to eat our lunch, we stayed eating

our lunch for over twenty minutes.
Tom; the tour guide, took us on a
tour around the grave yard, the

was so fun and we say that on behalf of all the Sixth Class and all
the teachers that were there.
Well done to all the Sixth Class on

chord. They played lovely Irish,

German and French music it was all
old styled music. On the first day,
they explained about the music

gardens and the town walls. Did

you know that a helicopter crashed
in the garden walls before?? We
had a little walk around the town

the excellent behaviour. By Ni-

and told us about their instru-

walls. Then went back to school

kola Golebiewska, Natasha Kilgannon & Weronika Buczko (Ms.

Edmonds Sixth Class)

GREAT SUCCESS AT THE ALL-IRELANDS

On Sunday 11th December, Sorcha Kilgannon from Fifth Class

and Erin Joyce and Alex Cashman from Sixth Class, ran in
the Cross Country All-Ireland
Championships. Youghal A.C.
had four teams running as well
as some individuals. We had U11
girls, U13 girls and U17 boys all

running. Everyone raced brilliantly and thoroughly enjoyed

the day. The U11 girls team
came sixth in Ireland and first
in Munster! Sorcha came ninth
in Ireland overall and received
a bronze medal with Munster
and a gold with Cork. The U13s
came first with a magnificent

run from all. What a great

achievement!

By Sorcha Kilgannon (Ms

Shellys/ Ms Hegartys Fifth
Class)

CINDERELLA AT THE OPERA HOUSE!

We went to the Christmas

panto on Tuesday, the 13th of
December. We went by bus.
We went with Ms. Bennetts
class. I sat next to Clodagh
Foley on the bus. The panto
was all about Cinderella. The
characters were Cinderella,
Buttons, The Ugly Sisters,

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Fairy Godmother and Prince

Charming. I sat next to
Clodagh and Dominik in The
Opera House. Buttons threw
out some sweets to the audience. Dominik caught a packet of sweets!! When the panto was almost over, we sang a
song called Pen Pineapple Pen

Song. It was great fun! I really enjoyed the panto.

By Lauren
Keating (Ms.
Hickeys
First Class)

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JACK FREYNE TALKS CHRISTMAS AND DRUMMING!

I Love Secret Santa in
school. I got a present of
pranks and jokes and they
are great! They are scary
too because you can pull a
cockroach out of a chewing
gum box. I found out who my
Secret Santa was! It was
Emma B!! She got presents
for others as well in case
they didnt get any as some
people were out sick! I love
when Santa comes to my

house. I hope I get a drum

and I might drive my mam
and dad crazy playing it! My
grandad bought me bongos
for my birthday already. He
said never to bring them to
his house so I did! He said
they were coming back to
haunt him! The Elf on the
Shelf is in my house and he
took my bongos and put them
in my brothers bed when he
was asleep! I also love

Christmas dinner! I eat

dumplings, turkey, roast potatoes and ham. My favourite thing to eat is the ham!

By Jack Freyne (Mr.

Whites Fifth Class)

PRINCESS IZZY GETS HER WISH!

Once there was a

princess who lived in
Youghal. She loved to
play basketball and
her name was Izzy.

don every four

weeks.

to rain sweets. By

Izzy OConnell

And every 8 weeks

she had an MRI.

One day she made a

She travelled to Lon- wish and it started

THE SCHOOL CHOIR SING FOR SIMON!

Our school choir sang lots

and lots of songs for the
charity called Simon. Simon
help the homeless people in
Cork all year around. We always do a food collection for
them every Christmas. This

where we could! We got a

few buses out to Tesco on
the last Tuesday before the
holidays and we sang our
hearts out! A few people collected money in buckets. We
collected a lot of money!

We sang outside the school

when the infants were going
home from school and again
when the rest of the school
were leaving! It was great!
People said they really loved
it and we collected even

year we were singing any

People were very generous!

more money!

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BUNSCOIL MHUIRE
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Youghal
Co. Cork
Phone: 024 93234
Fax: 024 92700
E-mail: secbsm@eircom.net
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ALL OF THE STAFF AND

STUDENTS IN BUNSCOIL
MHUIRE WOULD LIKE TO
WISH EVERYONE A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SCHOOL CLOSURES 20162017

Christmas Holidays:

School will close on Thursday

22nd December at 12 Noon
and will re-open on Monday
9th January 2017.
Mid-Term Break:
School will close on Wednesday 22nd February 2017 at
2:45pm and will re-open on
Monday 27th February.
St. Patricks Weekend:
School will close on Thursday
16th March 2017 at 2:45pm

and will re-open on Tuesday

21st March 2017.
Easter Holidays:
School will close on Friday
7th April 2017 at 12 Noon
and will re-open on Monday
24th April 2017.
May Bank Holiday Weekend:

School will close on Friday

28th April 2017 at 2:45pm
and will re-open on Tuesday
2nd May 2017.

June Bank Holiday:

School will close on Friday

2nd June 2017 at 2:45pm
and will re-open on Tuesday
6th June 2017.
Summer Holidays:
School will close on Tuesday
27th June at 12 Noon.